Lucas is in his twenties, with short puffy brown hair and wears jeans and an orange T-shirt.

Laura is in her twenties, with above the shoulders straight brown hair with bangs and wears jeans and a purple T-shirt.

As a song plays, Lucas and Laura walk in the woods, cross a bridge, balance on a fallen tree trunk, cross a stream, run across the city and in a park full of geese.

The song says PACK UP YOUR BAGS
KISS YOUR TURTLE GOODBYE
COME UP AND CLIMB
WHERE WE CAN TOUCH THE SKY
SO MUCH TO SEE
SO MUCH TO DO
IN OUR TREE FORT
WE GOT A SHOW FOR
THAT TVOKIDS, THAT TVOKIDS
THAT TVOKIDS
THAT TVOKIDS SHOW

Laura says PASSWORD PLEASE.
[FWEET!]

Lucas whispers something in Laura's ear as a caption reads "Rice."

In animation, a dialogue bubbles pop out of a map with a caption "That TVO Kids Show."

The song continues LA, LA, LA, DO, DO, DO,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
THAT TVOKIDS SHOW!

Greg sings AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
He says HEY, TVOkids, WELCOME BACK TO
THE TREE FORT.
I'M GREG.
SO, NEW YEAR'S HAPPENED ABOUT
TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I STARTED
THINKING ABOUT MY RESOLUTION, SO
I STARTED WRITING JUST A LITTLE
BIT HERE.
ANYWAYS, HERE IS MY ENTIRE LIST.

He shows a long list and says I'M GOING TO READ SOME OF THEM
FOR YOU.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A PILATES
CLASS THIS YEAR.
I'M GOING TO MAKE CANDLES.
I'M GOING TO WEAR A HAT WHEN
IT SNOWS.
I'M GOING TO EXFOLIATE MORE.
I NEED TO DO THAT.
(GONG SOUND).
WHAT WAS THAT?
I'M GOING TO LEARN A NEW...

Lucas meditates stretching his leg over his shoulders using fake legs.

Lucas says HEY, GREG.
YO, GREG, WHAT'S UP?

Greg says HEY, LUCAS.
WHERE ARE YOU?
I WANT YOU TO BE IN THE TREE
FORT WITH ME.

Lucas says I'VE JUST BEEN WORKING ON MY
MEDITATION.
IT WAS A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION.
AND MY FLEXIBILITY AS WELL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Greg says THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

Lucas says I KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO
GET OUT OF THIS POSITION, BUT
I'M PROUD OF GETTING THERE.

Greg says I WOULD COME TO HELP, BUT I
HAVE TO HOLD DOWN THE FORT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO WHAT
YOU'RE DOING.

Lucas says WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FORT?
WHAT AM I MISSING OUT ON?

Greg says NOTHING.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT MY
RESOLUTIONS, TRYING TO PUT MY
FOOT BEHIND MY HEAD.

Lucas says OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M
GOING TO COME BACK.
I'M GOING TO COME TO THE FORT,
BECAUSE I CAN'T BEAR TO MISS OUT
ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

Greg says GOOD LUCK UNPRETZELING.
He imitates Lucas's position and says I'M SO CLOSE!
I CAN'T DO IT, BUT I WILL ADD
THAT TO MY RESOLUTIONS LIST.

The frog horn rings.

Greg says PUT MY... WELL, THAT WILL
HAVE TO WAIT.
ALL RIGHTY.
WE'VE GOT A PHONE CALL!
He puts on the headsets and says HELLO, THIS IS GREG IN THE TREE
FORT.
WHO AM I SPEAKING TO?

Jathu says JATHU.

Greg says JATHU!
OH, MY GOSH.

Lucas says OH, HEY, I REALLY DIDN'T WANT
TO MISS IT.

Greg says YOU'RE IN THE SKY.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE
CAROLLING DAY.

A caption reads "Jathu, age 9."

She pops up on the sky.

Jathu says YEAH.

Lucas says HOW'S YOUR NEW YEAR BEEN SO
FAR.

Jathu says GREAT.

Greg says THAT'S GREAT.
WE SAW YOU AROUND CHRISTMAS AND
NOW WE'RE SEEING YOU AGAIN ON
THAI PONGAL.

Lucas says THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S THAI PONGAL.
ARE YOU CELEBRATING TODAY?

Jathu says TOMORROW IS THE ACTUAL
CELEBRATION.

Lucas says OKAY, COOL.
THAT'S AWESOME.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO CELEBRATE?

Jathu says LIKE, EARLY IN THE MORNING WE
TAKE A SHOWER AND WE WEAR OUR
TRADITIONAL CLOTHES, WHICH I'M
WEARING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE MAKE ART THAT YOU
WOULD PUT FLOUR AND FOOD
COLOURING AND YOU MAKE A PRETTY
DESIGN.
AND THEN YOU WOULD GRAB, LIKE, A
POT, WHICH IS USUALLY MADE OUT
OF CLAY, BUT SOMETIMES...
NOWADAYS, LIKE, SILVER AND
STUFF.

Lucas says COOL.

Jathu says AND THEN YOU PUT, LIKE, WATER
AND MILK, AND THEY FORM BUBBLES
LIKE AN EXPLOSION.

Lucas says WHOA!

Jathu says AND THEN YOU ADD RICE, PLUMS,
JAGGERY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THAT WILL BE THE PONGAL
ACTUALLY.
AND WE COULD GO TO, LIKE, VISIT
FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD GO TO A
TEMPLE.

Greg says OKAY.

Lucas says THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCITING
TIME.

Greg says SO FUN.

Lucas says VERY QUICKLY, CAN YOU JUST
STAND UP.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOUR OUTFIT,
WHAT YOU'RE WEARING.

Jathu says SURE.

Lucas says OKAY.
LOVE IT.
VERY COOL.

Greg says SO COOL, JATHU.
JATHU, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW
YOU A COUPLE OF CUTE TIME OOTS.
YOU READY?

Jathu says YES.

Lucas says FIRST UP, THE CHAMPION FROM
YESTERDAY.

A series of pets appear with the title "Cute time oot."

A Male Voice says CHAMPION!

Greg says JATHU, THIS DANCING CAT HAS
BEEN THE REIGNING CHAMPION FOR
TWO DAYS NOW.

Lucas says IT JUST WON'T QUIT.

Greg says IT'S THE FIRST ANIMATED
ANIMAL WE'VE EVER SEEN.
WE PUT IT ON FOR ANIMATION DAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Jathu says IT'S SO CUTE AND AMAZING.
IT LOOKS LIKE REALLY... LIKE THE
ANIMATED AND LOOKS LIKE A REAL
CAT DANCING.

Lucas says YEAH, THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT THAT
WAY.
BUT NEXT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU
THE CHALLENGER, OKAY, JATHU?

Jathu says OKAY.

Lucas says HERE IT COMES.

Greg says CHALLENGER!

The Voice says CHALLENGER!

Lucas says ALL RIGHT, HAVEN'T SEEN THIS
ONE YET.

Greg says OH!
IT'S NOT JUST A PIG, IT'S A
PIGLET.

Jathu says OH!

Lucas says IT'S A NEW BABY PIGLET.
I LOVE IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, JATHU?

Jathu says IT REMINDS ME OF THE PIGLET
IN CHARLOTTE'S WEB.

Lucas says WILBUR, RIGHT?

Jathu says YEAH.

Lucas says SO WHICH ONE DO YOU CHOOSE?
WHICH ONE'S YOUR FAVOURITE?

Jathu says I WOULD SAY, ACTUALLY, THE
ANIMATED CAT.

Greg says THE ANIMATED CAT LIVES ON FOR
ANOTHER DAY!

Lucas says OKAY.
WELL, IT IS THE CHAMPION.
YOU DECIDED, JATHU.
IT WAS GREAT TO TALK TO YOU
TODAY.

Greg says BYE, JATHU.

Jathu says BYE!

[Applause]

Lucas says BYE, HAVE A GREAT THAI
PONGAL.

Greg says LUCAS.

Lucas says WHAT?

Greg says MY e-mail SENTENCES ARE
TINGLING.

Lucas says WHICH MEANS IT'S TIME FOR?

A loud voice shakes the studio and says "WE NEED TO KNOW"!

Lucas says THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE AN AWESOME QUESTION.
THIS IS FROM ETHAN, AGE 10.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
WHAT DID ETHAN WANT TO KNOW?

Greg says ETHAN WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS
YOUR FAVOURITE COUNTRY OR
CONTINENT TO EXPLORE?

Lucas says OH!

Greg says COOL.
I KNOW THE PERFECT PEOPLE TO
ANSWER THAT.

Lucas says WOULD YOU CALL THEM
EXPLORERS?

Greg says I WOULD CALL THEM EXPLORERS
AND I WOULD ALSO CALL THEM CHRIS
AND MARTIN KRATT.

Martin and Chris stand in the woods. Martin is in his early fifties, clean-shaven with short hair. He wears a blue shirt. Chris is in the mid-fifties, clean-shaven with graying hair. He wears a green and gray shirt.

Martin says THAT'S TOUGH.

Chris says ONE OF MY FAVOURITE IS BOTSWANA
IN AFRICA.
THERE IS A DELTA THERE, AND
THERE ARE LIONS, HIPPOS, AFRICAN
WILD DOG, ALL KINDS OF AMAZING
AFRICAN SPECIES.

Martin says YEAH, AND SINCE YOU TALK
ABOUT AFRICA, NOT TOO FAR AWAY
IS THE ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR.
I LOVE GOING THERE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE THE LEMURS ARE, THE
ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THEY
LIVE IS IN MADAGASCAR, AND
e-TIME WE GO WE SEE A NEW TYPE
OF LEMUR.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE EVEN NEW
SPECIES BEING DISCOVERED AND IT
TOOK US FOUR TIMES OF GOING BACK
TO MADAGASCAR TO FINALLY SEE
THE FOSSA.

Chris says AND IT'S HARD TO BEAT THE
RAINFOREST OF NORTH AMERICA.
BIODIVERSITY MEANS MORE ANIMAL
SPECIES THERE THAN ANY OTHER
PLACE ON EARTH.

Martin says OH, YEAH, GOT TO LOVE THE
AMAZON.

Chris says YEAH.

The clip ends.

Greg says LUCAS, JATHU MADE THAI PONGAL
SOUND SO AMAZING, AND I WANT TO
LEARN MORE.

Lucas says THAT'S RIGHT.

Greg says DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Lucas says I LOVE LEARNING, GREG.
ALSO WE HAVE SOME COOL GUESTS
THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US WITH
THAT.

Greg says OH, GREAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING THE
STUDENTS.

Lucas says THAT'S RIGHT.
PLEASE WELCOME THE STUDENTS FROM
ACADEMIC AND FINE ARTS OF
DURHAM.
COME ON IN.

[Applause]

Greg says WELCOME TO THE TREE FORT.

Lucas says WELCOME.
HIGH FIVE.
RIGHT THIS WAY.

Four girls wearing traditional Hindu dresses walk in.

Greg says HMM, I FELT THAT.
I FELT THAT.

Lucas says HIGH FIVE.

Greg says I FELT THAT TOO.

Lucas says WELCOME.

Greg says WELCOME.

Greg says WHAT ARE YOUR AGES AND WHAT'S
YOUR NAMES?

Ashvini says MY NAME'S ASHVINI AND I'M
SEVEN.

Geishana says MY NAME'S GEISHANA AND I'M
EIGHT.

Shesmeya says MY NAME IS SHESMEYA AND I'M
SEVEN.

Sai says I'M SAI AND I'M SIX.

Greg says NICE AND WELCOME.

Lucas says YOU GUYS LOOK SO AWESOME.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU
GUYS ABOUT THAI PONGAL.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU OUR FIRST
QUESTION, OKAY?
THIS IS GOING TO YOU.
FIRST QUESTION IS: THAI PONGAL
IS A MULTI-DAY FESTIVAL
CELEBRATING, A, RICE; B, THE
HARVEST; C, THE SUN; OR D,
WHEAT?

Sai says THE HARVEST.

Lucas says THE HARVEST, YES.
SO IT'S CELEBRATING THE HARVEST.

Greg says THAT'S RIGHT.
DING, DING.
ALL RIGHT, QUESTION NO. 2.
THAI PONGAL MARKS THE END OF
JANUARY, WINTER SOLSTICE, THE
SOLAR CALENDAR, OR THE SUMMER
SOLSTICE?

Shesmeya says IT'S THE WINTER SOLSTICE.

Greg says THAT'S RIGHT!

Lucas says TOTALLY RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S CELEBRATING.
OKAY, COOL.
QUESTION NO. 3.
WHAT IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN
PONGAL?
IS IT A, RICE; B, MILK; C,
JAGGERY; OR D, ALL OF THE ABOVE?

Geishana says ALL OF THE ABOVE.

Lucas says SHE SAYS WITH CONFIDENCE.

Greg says AND SHE SHOULD BE CONFIDENT,
BECAUSE SHE IS RIGHT!
WOW, THANK YOU FOR PLAYING
OUR TRIVIA QUESTIONS.

Lucas says THAT'S SO FUN.
OKAY, SO COOLING, THAI PONGAL
STARTS TODAY.
HOW LONG DOES IT LAST FOR?

Ashvini says FOUR DAYS.

Lucas says FOUR DAY, COOL.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
WELL, WE'RE SO EXCITED BECAUSE
WE KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PREPARED A
DANCE NUMBER FOR US.
IS THAT TRUE?

Ashvini says YES.

Greg says YOU GUYS HAVE PREPARED A
TRADITIONAL DANCE CALLED, I'M
GOING TO TRY MY BEST TO SAY
THIS, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT
RIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING TO
CORRECT ME:
OLIGATU.

Ashvini shouts the name of the dance.

Greg says THERE, THEY SAID IT.

Lucas says AND ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED TO
PERFORM FOR US?

The girls says YES.

Lucas says THAT'S AWESOME.
SO WE'RE EXCITED.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THIS
SET UP.
I CAN'T WAIT.

Greg says BUT FIRST, LET'S CHECK OUT
THIS QUICK CLIP.

Lucas says MM-HM.

An animated slate shows the sun in the sky.

A Male Voice says I CAN.

Carmen has long black hair. She wears a plaid shirt.

Carmen says MY NAME IS CARMEN.

The Voice says WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?

Carmen says I LIKE MAKING MY OWN MUSIC ON
THE PIANO.
I LIKE TO READ CHAPTER BOOKS.
I LIKE... WITH MY BIG BROTHER.
HELLO!
I CAN DANCE.
ACRODANCING IS ACROBATICS AND
DANCE MIXED TOGETHER.

A clip shows Carmen doing her favourite activities.

The Voice says IS ACRODANCING HARD TO DO?

Carmen says SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR ME TO
LEARN NEW MOVES.
I'M STILL WORKING ON
[INDISCERNIBLE] BUT I'M FINE ON
MY RIGHT ONE...
SAYING WHEN I COULDN'T GET
IT.

The Voice says SO WHAT DID YOU DO?

Carmen says KIND OF SKINNY AND SMALL,
SO IT'S HARD TO BALANCE, SO I
KEPT ON FALLING OVER.
NOW WHEN I GET A LITTLE
FRUSTRATED I JUST TRY AND TRY
AGAIN, AND THEN I GET IT.

The Voice says HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU
FIGURED IT OUT?

Carmen says IT FEELS LIKE THE END OF A
RAINBOW.

The Voice says WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE
FEELING SAD?

Carmen says I HANG UPSIDE DOWN ON THE
COUCH OR A CHAIR.
AND IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M
DANCING.
I WANT MY...
I CAN AND YOU CAN TOO!

The clip ends.

Against an animated red and golden background, Lucas says LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
WELCOME OUR DANCERS FOR THAI
PONGAL!

The girls dance using two purple handkerchiefs each.

[Applause]

Greg says WOW!

Lucas says BRAVO!
THAT WAS SO GOOD.

Lucas says COME ON IN, YOU GUYS.

Greg says THAT'S AMAZING.

Lucas says WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT WE GOT TO
SEE THAT.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, THIS
DANCE?

Shesmeya says IT'S ABOUT [INDISCERNIBLE].

Lucas says OKAY, YEAH.

Shesmeya says AND IT'S A TRADITIONAL DANCE.

Lucas says UH-HUH.

Shesmeya says AND THAT MEANS DANCE OF
BEAUTY.

Lucas says DANCE OF BEAUTY.
WELL, IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL
AND WE'RE SO GLAD WE GOT TO
WATCH IT.
HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE TO
LEARN?
DOES IT TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS?
DOES IT TAKE A DAY?

Greg says HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU GUYS
TO LEARN IT?

Ashvini says THREE DAYS.

Greg says THREE DAYS?
WOW, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT
THEY'RE WEARING.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WEARING?

Geishana says WE'RE WEARING THAT'S
TRADITIONAL CLOTHES THAT WE
USUALLY WEAR FOR THAI PONGAL.

Lucas says OKAY.

They wear shining colourful shirts and long skirts.

Geishana says AND THEY ARE VERY TRADITIONAL
AND CULTURAL, SO LIKE OUR
CELEBRATIONS.

Lucas says THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
OKAY, SO WHAT KIND OF THINGS ARE
YOU GUYS GOING TO DO OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS?
HANG WITH FAMILY?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Shesmeya says WE'RE GOING TO SEE OUR
FRIENDS.

Lucas says UH-HUH.

Shesmeya says AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE,
LIKE... WE'RE GOING TO BRING
EVERYONE AND, LIKE, UMM, BRING
OUR CULTURE, UMM, LIKE . . .

Lucas says ALL TOGETHER?
YOU GUYS ARE ALL GOING TO BE
TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE YOUR
CULTURE?

Shesmeya says YEAH.

Lucas says WE ARE SO HAPPY WE GOT TO
HAVE YOU GUYS IN TODAY.
HIGH FIVES AGAIN.

Greg says A COUPLE HERE?

Lucas says A COUPLE FOR GREG.

Greg says YES!

Lucas says OKAY, YOU GUYS, BYE.
SEE YOU!

The girls say BYE!

[Applause]

Lucas says BYE!
I HEARD YOU.

Lucas says WHOA, WHAT A COOL GROUP OF
KIDS.

Greg says COOL GROUP OF KIDS, TOTALLY.
AND CALLED ME EGG BECAUSE IT
RHYMES WITH GREG.

Lucas says THAT'S YOUR NEW NICKNAME.
I DECLARE TODAY THAT'S YOUR NEW
NICKNAME.

Greg says OH, DEAR.

Lucas says GUESS WHAT TOMORROW IS,
TVOkids?
IT'S FACT OR FICTION DAY.

Greg says MM-HM.

Lucas says FACT OR FICTION.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT.
SO FACETIME, SKYPE, CALL US.
WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS AS
ALWAYS.
WE WANT TO PUT YOU RIGHT UP
THERE IN THE SKY.

The caption changes to "Call us at 1-888-886-5437."

Greg grabs an Ukele.

Greg says ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE GO TO
tvokids.com AND YOU ASK US ALL
THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT.

Lucas says BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S TIME TO
SAY GOOD-BYE.

Greg says SO LET'S SAY GOOD-BYE.

They sing SO LONG
SEE YA LATER
I BET TOMORROW WILL EVEN BE
GREATER
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY
GOOD-BYE TO YOU

Lucas says BUT TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR A
DAY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME
FUN STUFF.

They sing SO LONG
SAYONARA

They say says CLUE... A WIDELY HELD BELIEF
THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY TRUE

They sing IS THE PASSWORD FOR TOMORROW
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY
GOOD-BYE TO YOU

Lucas says THAT'S RIGHT, TVOkids, WE'LL
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
I AM LUCAS, MAKE SOME MAGIC.

Greg says I'M EGG, EAT YOUR VEGETABLES.

Lucas says EGG?

(music plays)

A caption reads "Copyright 2020, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority."